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Climate change demonstrations in Paris have turned violent as protesters clashed with the security forces. Thousands of police were on the streets of the French capital to disperse the crowds.

‘I'm totally disgusted’, ‘P&O workers should be treated with more respect’...Your reactions to the ferry company’s sudden sacking of 800 British staff

This comes amid questions over why the company’s staff in France and elsewhere retained their jobs 

Continuing strike wave of French transport workers over pay and conditions joined by waste collection workers and extracurricular school staff; national one-day strike across Italy against government’s budget joined by teachers demanding more resources; strike by teachers across 100 Iranian cities over pay and conditions attacked by police; municipal and health workers strike in Free State, South Africa over pay and conditions

Workers’ strikes spread at Tiger Brands and Clover food manufacturers, South Africa as Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners close to strike over pay and work fatalities; national strike over three days by healthcare workers in Turkey over pay; sailors begin 48-hour pay strike in Greek ports; health and social care workers strike and demonstrate throughout France against exclusion from pay review

Danish nurses organise wildcat stoppage and mass resignation in protest at pay and working conditions in defiance of government and unions; French transport workers, including bus, tram and train drivers, continue wave of strikes over pay and conditions; South African gold miners at Sibanye-Stillwater poised to join strikes of Clover dairy and Massmart store workers over pay; protests in Lebanon over continuing economic crisis plunging six million into poverty

The East Container Terminal will be given to investors from India and Japan; a statement from State Minister Nimal Lanza The East Container Terminal will be given to investors from India and Japan; a statement from State Minister Nimal Lanza Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st): Religious leaders, trade unions, civil and political organizations are continuing their demands against the sale of the East Container Terminal of the Colombo Port. They point out that this terminal which is 18m deep...